They Came to Cordura

They Came to Cordura
Theatrical release poster
Directed byRobert Rossen
Screenplay by
Based onthe novel
by Glendon Swarthout
Produced byWilliam Goetz
Starring
CinematographyBurnett Guffey
Edited byWilliam A. Lyon
Music byElie Siegmeister
Production
companies
  • Goetz Pictures
  • Baroda Productions
Distributed byColumbia Pictures
Release date
  • October 1, 1959 (1959-10-01)
Running time
123 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$4.5 million[1]
Box office$2.5 million (est. US/ Canada rentals)[2]

They Came to Cordura is a 1959 American Western film co-written and directed by Robert Rossen and starring Gary Cooper, Rita Hayworth, Van Heflin and Tab Hunter. It was based on a 1958 novel by Glendon Swarthout.

  1. ^ "'Cordura' Pends As Columbia Special For Hard Ticket". Variety. February 4, 1959. p. 7. Retrieved July 4, 2019 – via Archive.org.
  2. ^ "1959: Probable Domestic Take", Variety, 6 January 1960 p 34